At SlatorCon New York, leading language industry leaders gathered to discuss what’s driving this fast-growing space. Participants were treated to insightful and authentic presentations by Lionbridge’s Rory Cowan, TransPerfect’s Phil Shawe, Qordoba’s May Habib, NYU’s Kyunghyun Cho, as well as D&B’s Kevin Giblin and Frontenac’s Ron Kuehl. Continue reading
Jaroslaw Kutylowski, Chief Technology Officer of DeepL, talks about why they decided to enter machine translation, discusses how they plan to monetize their technology, and weighs in on the man vs. machine debate. Continue reading
Apple has reportedly quietly rolled out a beta test for a browser-based translator that can translate English into 32 other languages. Continue reading
RWS announces transformative acquisition of language services provider Moravia for USD 320m. Moravia to operate as an autonomous division. Combined firm’s annual revenues now around USD 400m, pre-tax profit at about USD 80m. Continue reading
Continued international expansion drives Netflix’s third-quarter revenue and subscriber growth, which in turn creates more demand for video localization, including subtitling, dubbing, and closed captioning. Continue reading
Ottawa is adopting a pilot project aimed at enhancing language services for French-speaking Canadians, while the Florida court system is requesting a USD 4.5m budget to expand video remote interpreting service. Continue reading
US Defense Intelligence Agency awards a potential USD 39m contract to MultiLingual Solutions to help analyze media seized from enemy forces overseas. USD 4.9m has been allocated for FY 2017. Continue reading
A new EU regulation requires financial institutions to provide retail investors with information on packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs) in their own language by January 2018. Continue reading
New York-based Morningside Translations was sold to a group led by new co-CEOs Tom Klein and Roland Lessard. The duo discusses what attracted them to the language industry, how they intend to grow the business, and why they are in this for the long haul. Continue reading
French-based language service provider HL TRAD acquired rival CPW Group in June 2017. The group’s combined revenue is expected to reach EUR 16.5m this year. HL TRAD President says another acquisition is in the works. Continue reading
The focus on enterprise accounts is starting to pay off for Edinburgh-based translation company Lingo24. Revenue is up and is expected to break the GBP 10m mark for the first time this year. But technology investments also put pressure on the bottom line. Continue reading
A new trade mark regime in Europe simplifies language and translation requirements to cut red tape and lower the cost of filing. New changes that went into effect on October 1, 2017 include streamlined guidelines and procedures for registration fit for the digital age. Continue reading
At the AILIA general meeting in Quebec, Ingemar Strandvik and Stéphan Déry discuss the challenges of running a translation bureau in Europe and Canada. Both leaders agree that they have to address increasing demand, do more with less, and ensure quality compliance. Continue reading
RWS reports 33.6% revenue growth and projects pre-tax profits “ahead of market expectations” for its financial year ending September 30, 2017. Market capitalization nears USD 1.3bn on the back of surge in share price. Continue reading
Co-author of funny video game translations book Clyde Mandelin shares professional insight on the localization of Japanese media for Western audiences, why he mostly gets paid by project, and the future of game and anime localization. Continue reading
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